Price v. Price

LEHAN, Judge.

In this dissolution of marriage case the husband appeals from the trial court’s final judgment awarding the wife $225.00 per week permanent periodic alimony. The husband contends that the award of permanent periodic alimony in that amount was improperly used by the trial court as a means to allocate to the wife the ability and responsibility to pay joint debts of the parties. We agree with that contention and reverse.

Although the final judgment in its paragraph which awarded the wife permanent periodic alimony does not specifically say that the amount of alimony was fixed for *81the…